2013年4月18日 訊 /生物谷BIOON/ --英國Newcastle大學開展的一項新的研究可以幫助帕金森氏病的早期診斷。雖然運動機能問題是帕金森氏病的主要症狀,非機能問題如流口水,焦慮和排便困難影響了大量病人,並且這些症狀比以前認為的開始更早。
儘早診斷可能有助早期開展治療,讓患者有一個更好的生活質量。這項研究發表在Neurology雜誌,英國Newcastle大學研究人員比較了159新診斷帕金森氏症患者,99位年齡相仿沒有疾病的健康者。
參與者被詢問篩查他們是否經歷過任何30個非運動症狀包括性問題,睡眠問題和腸胃問題。研究者Tien K. Khoo醫生說:人們往往不提供這些症狀給醫生,醫生也不問他們,但很多時候,這些症狀是可以有效治療的。
結果帕金森氏病患者平均有8個非機動問題,健康者只有3個非運動症狀。那些帕金森氏症最常見的症狀包括流口水,尿急,便秘,焦慮和嗅覺下降,這些都明顯多見於帕金森氏症患者。
例如,56%患有帕金森氏的人有過量唾液或流口水的問題,而健康者只有6%。總共42%的帕金森氏症患者有便秘,對照組為7%。
43%帕金森氏症患者存在焦慮,而對照組為10%。這些結果表明,帕金森氏症影響身體的許多系統即使是在疾病最初階段。
Newcastle大學教授David Burn說:希望醫生可以使用這些研究結果提高世界各地成千上萬患帕金森氏病患者的治療。我們越早診斷,就能更快的治療,改善患者的生活質量。(生物谷:Bioon.com)
The spectrum of nonmotor symptoms in early Parkinson disease
Tien K. Khoo, et al.
Objective: Nonmotor symptoms (NMS) are common in patients with established Parkinson disease (PD) but their frequency in early PD has not been extensively studied. Our aim was to determine the frequency of NMS in a cohort of patients with newly diagnosed PD.
Methods: A total of 159 patients with early PD and 99 healthy controls participated in this study. NMS were screened for using the Nonmotor Symptom Questionnaire. Other assessments included measures of motor disability (Movement Disorders Society–revised Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale [MDS-UPDRS]), disease severity (Hoehn & Yahr staging), depression (Geriatric Depression Scale), and global cognitive function (Mini-Mental State Examination and Montreal Cognitive Assessment).
Results: The PD group reported a significantly greater number of NMS compared with controls (8.4 [4.3] vs 2.8 [2.6]). In the PD group, the most commonly experienced NMS were excessive saliva, forgetfulness, urinary urgency, hyposmia, and constipation. Patients with higher MDS-UPDRS III scores and those with the postural instability gait subtype experienced a greater number of NMS.
Conclusion: NMS are common in early PD and reflect the multisystem nature of the disorder. Even in the earliest stages of PD, NMS may be detrimental to patients' functional status and sense of well-being.